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EMPRESS. 



(^Kelson). 



Silver twist and yellow wool. 



Four golden Bird of Paradise (or Cock o' the Rock) 

 and a thin strip of ibis and Summer duck. 

 Black wool. 



Oval tinsel, two parts, and violet seal's fur, one part. 

 Violet hackle along seal's fur, ribbed with ova! tinsel. 

 Blue hackle. 



Wings. Two strips of dark brown mottled turkey, golden 

 pheasant tail, grey mottled turkey, two broad strips of 

 swan dyed rose, peacock's herl, Amherst pheasant tail, 

 and two toppings. 

 Blue macaw. 

 Jungle. 



Tag. 

 Tail. 



Butt. 

 Body. 

 Hackle, 

 Throat. 



Horns 

 Sides. 



When this pattern was introduced at Carlogie several years ago, 

 it became a great favourite up and down the river. It is purely a 

 high-water fly, and almost invariably kills in the month of May when 

 dressed on 2% inch hooks. In i8q?, on the home waters, it 

 accounted for fourteen salmon in three days, with an unusual average 

 of I4i,lbs. Empress is best suited to porter-coloured water. 



All these patterns are usually dressed, at Aberdeen, by William 

 Garden, 122A, Union Street, whose strip-winged flies, by-the-by, are 

 second to none in the country. Indeed, it may be interesting to note 

 that I possess an Akroyd of his, the wings of which are still intact, 

 and seem insusceptible to splitting after nine years' wear. 



